@coolbean@yassie_j@whitequark well... Because it's not yet big and mainstream. Everything from the eu to the Dutch CDC to the Dutch state to every news outlet is on masto already. Granted, the state and eu things have their own server, but all the media outlets are on m.s
If twitter collapses really, and everyone moves here, it suddenly becomes (also) formal or at least important very quickly.
That's kinda the reason too why I think that it would help in replacing twitter.
I mean, mail is federated... how many users would your service get if you blocked gmail.com? Same idea.
However, if there is too many random upsets, I don't think it will mean "mastodon keeps decentralised". 99% of people don't and never will care, so it's more likely 99% of people simply will stay on twitter etc.
Making it like twitter but less shit (open, no algo, etc) means a chance at replacement...
these are not formal communications, mastosoc posts have no bearing on my life and im perfectly fine with not seeing them cause most of them are plainly not very interesting or enjoyable
@NeonPurpleStar@coolbean@yassie_j@whitequark I agree it's a shit hole, but I'm not joking when I say literally every single fanartist is on there. It's simply 100% necessary to follow them, and since I like BL, and fanart, I'm not gonna give up on it after ten years. Plus a few awesome nsfw queer cosplayers and other creators like femboy gaming who do to spicy things for insta.
But really, the yaoi hashtag has like a 1000 arts a day vs 1 here. *Every* piece of fanart is on twitter,
Tbf, I barely talk there anymore since, well, shit hole and broken. I talk almost exclusively here. But I do use it to follow/see all the cool fanart from all over the world, especially the BL ship art and 18+ stuff, as it's simply the only place where all of it is. And that isn't changing anytime soon, sadly.
I'm not going to cut myself off from a big part of fandom. Ever. :/
@NeonPurpleStar@coolbean@yassie_j@whitequark anyway, with less then 7 hours to alarm, I'm going to again try to sleep, cafeïne jitter or not, and just lay there bored if need be till I freaking will myself into Dreamland. Good night ;3
But the simple fact is that my love for fandom and all the amazing ship and other fanart people make is stronger then my intense hate for him. Full stop.
Maybe what helps is that he's a goddamn LGBT hating bigot. All I'm doing on there is everything he hates. I follow queer fanartists, bl fans, femboys, and lgbt vtubers, and 90% of my retweets are those things.
I won't get premium or something (and TBF it isn't really making profit rn for him is it? 😅), but at the end of the day.
I see so much cute or just hot smut fanart on twitter, I've been following that for ten years, I'm just not giving it up. Ever, not even for Jesus if he descends from heaven personally. Fandom is my passion and absolutely everything to me, especially BL, and EVERY artist big or small is there. Insta doesn't
@NeonPurpleStar@coolbean@yassie_j@whitequark allow 18+ after all, not Tumblr, so if you go to a con right now, 100%, litterally of the artist alley is on twitter for 18+ stuff. I haven't found a single exception so far, and I've been to 23 events in 5 countries last year.
Especially the queer ones, ironically, as they more often make 18+ stuff in my experience.
Insta is great for cosplayers, but it doesn't have all the fan art. + Vtubers etx